Word: ghrelin
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...that unusual, and while doctors still aren't exactly sure what's going on, a report in last week's New England Journal of Medicine offers a tantalizing clue. The loss of appetite in bypass patients may be linked to a recently discovered gastric hormone called ghrelin. Not only that, ghrelin may turn out to be one reason we feel hungry in the first place and why it's so hard for dieters to keep weight off. Understanding how ghrelin works could even lead to effective weight-loss drugs or drugs to promote weight gain in anorexics and cancer patients...